Reading links for Social Studies Ancient Civilizations
Learn about being a Roman Gladiator

BBC Schools has sections with activities and information about Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece

British Museum compares different ancient civilizations

A Think Quest on Ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece

Daily life in different ancient civilizations

Other interesting sites - a list of sites students may be interested in checking out

All of these sites would be considered appropriate for "reading" minutes towards their daily homework. This type of reading should not be the only form of reading they do in a week, but would be appropriate for 1-2 times.